Beef scribe saw



Jan. 25, 1944. c; E. DILLON BEEF scRIBE sAw Filed June 5, 1941 INVENTOR (/yae f //o/Y. BY

ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 25, 1944 v UNITED STATI-1s v.orflce 'Clyde E. Dillon; Kansas City,

` Koch Butchersf-Supply sas City, Mo.',:a corporation 'olll/Iissouri` r Application June 5, 1941,' serialvNo. :isernia4 1 claim. (c1. 14s-31) i This invention relates to scribe saws, .particularly for scribing the Ibackbone of a side of beef and for rounding the edges thereof on the respective sides of the scribe.

Heretofore beef scribe saws have been constructed of Wood with the beef shaping sides and gauge faces thereof provided with sheet metal plates to enhance the wearing quality of the wood. Consequently, the absorptive properties of the wood and the spaces produced by buckling of the plates upon shrinkage and swellingl of the wood result in an unsanitary tool, which is practically impossible to clean and sterilize.

It is the principal objectfof the present invention to provide a beef scribe saw formed Vofnonporous, non-absorptive material, preferablymetal, which has sufcient hardness and smoothness to form the shaping and gauging surfaces above noted.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a beef scriber which is of light weight construction; to provide a beef scriber with a removable blade whereby the parts may be readily disassembled for sterilization; to provide a beef scribe saw having streamlined appearance; and to provide an integral handle.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a beef scribe saw constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2.-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational View of the beef scribe saw.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the parts of the beef scribe saw shown in disassembled spaced relation.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

I designates a beef scribe saw constructed in accordance with the present invention and which includes a hollow metal body 2 having a head 3 and an integral hollow handle 4. The head 3 includes flat, parallel sides 5 and 6 connected by a back 1 and an end 8 which forms a substantially right angle with the back 1 and the back 1 forms a substantially right angle with the sides 5 and 6. One side, for example 8, terminates short of the arcuate gauge or working surface 8 of the opposite side to provide a longitudinal shoulder 9 and a blade engaging seat I8. The face 8 is formed by a flange II extending from the end I2A to the opposite end of the shoulder 9 and having Mo.,as'signor to Company, North Kana height slightly less than half the thickness of the head wherebythe edge I3l of the flange cooperates with an offsetweb portion I4 coextensive with the shoulder 9 to form clamping faces for one side Aface of abladeand aback stop for the back edge of the blade as later described.

The portion I4 andange II are interconnected by bosses I5 having openings I6 extending therethrough. Projecting. from the web, portion I4 at a point substantially midway between the bosses I5 isa similar boss I8 provided with an opening I9. ,The bosses I5 and I8 have their facespreferably registering with the edge I3 of the flange I I to engage the face 29 of a saw blade ZI, later described. Ifhe flange II, bosses I5 and I8, and web portion I4 provide clamping support for the ll;vl ade'ar 1c l form hollow spaces 22there between to cooperate with thehollow body por.- tion of the saw in lightening the structure.

The saw blade ZI is of appropriate thickness and has a substantially straight 'back edge 23 engaging against the back stop shoulder 9 and has a substantially curved front edge 24 projecting from the curved face 8. The cutting or toothed edge 24 of the blade is formed on a curve of less radius than that of the face 8 so that the teeth 25 at the mid point of the blade project from the face 8 a distance equal to the maximum depth of the scribe to be eected by the saw, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the endmost teeth of the blade are progressively closer to the arcuateface 8 whereby the depth of scribe may be regulated by positioning the angle of the handle 4 relatively to the bone being scribed. The saw blade has openings 21, 28 and 29 registering with the openings I6 and I9, as shown in Fig. 4.

Cooperating with the blade seating portion of the head is a segment 30 conforming in shape to the portion of the body extending beyond the shoulder 9 and which includes a flange 3l abutting against the shoulder 9 and a flange 32, having a curved face 33 cooperating with the face of the flange II for controlling the depth of the scribe. The clamping segment also has clamping faces and bosses 35, 36 and 31 corresponding to the blade clamping faces and the bosses I5 and I8, previously described, to engage the opposite face of the saw blade. The bosses 35, 36 and 31 have threaded sockets 38, 39 and 4I), registering with the saw blade openings 21, 28 and 29, where.- by the section is secured by fastening devices 4I comprising screws having fiat heads 42 seated in bevelled counterbores 43 of the openings I8 and I9, and threaded Shanks 44 extending through the openings I8 and I9, through the of the side faces 5 and 6. The end of thev handle terminates in a knob 49 and and palm of one hand of hand is extended around the handleforwardly of the hand gripping the tion with a series of corrugations 5|. n

In using the scribe'saw constructed and assembled as described, one of the hands of a user is placed over'the handle portion formed by the knurling 50 and the other hand is placed around thehandle so that the fingers of the hand engage the corrugations 5I. The toothed -edge -of the saw blade is then placedagainst theface of theA cut whereon one side of the beef is severed from the other side by splitting through the backbone and the saw is drawn along the backboneefecting a scribe cut substantially midway the width thereof, the depth of which is gauged by the curved faces 8 and 33. After making the scribe cut along the length ofthe bone, theI bones at the sides of the scribe are beat back into the fleshy part of the beef to round over thel cut edge of the side of beef in accordance with usual practice. In rounding the side, the flat faces 5 and li lof the scribe saw are used in the manner of a paddle.

The opposite side .is provided with scoring or knurling 50 to be grippedby .the lingers the user. The other Y knurling, in gripping relasterilization may be readily assembled.

integrally connect with fiat faces 41 and 48 forming a continuation' Patent is:

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have vprovided a beef scribe saw which is of simple, .inexpensive construction, and which is designed so 'thatit may :be kept in sterilized and sanitary conditionl What I claim and desire to secure by Letters A beef scribe saw including, a body member having integral head and handle portions, said head portion having a shoulder-like recess pro-4 viding a back stop for a cutting blade anda blade clamping face, a cutting blade seated in said recess having a side face closely contacting the clamping face of said recess and having a back edge closely engaging said back stop, a clamping section arranged to ll said recess completely and having an edge engaging said back stop and provided with a clamping face cooperating with the clamping face of said head portion', and fastening devices securing saidsection to clamp the cutting blade between the clamping faces and to retain the back edge of the blade against said back stop, said blade clamping faces being recessed for limiting the clamping effect on said blade to the margins of said faces.

CLYDE E. DILLON. 

